REPRESENTATIVE ENGLISH WHITE ORPINGTON MALES 

 Reproduced From "Feathered World," London, England 



White Game male birds, the White Orpington was pro- 

 duced, and is today perhaps the most popular variety of 

 the Orpingtons. It might be advisable to here add that 

 occasionally a single specimen will revert to one of the 

 above named male birds used in their production, there- 

 fore one may see a little feather on the leg from the 

 Cochin, a fifth toe from the Dorking or a tinge of yellow 

 in the legs, feet, and beak. These defects are now rarely 

 seen on stock bred from the best and most reliable strains. 

 "There is one great advantage to purchasers, and that 

 is double mating is not required, as equally good cockerels 

 and pullets are bred from the same pen, and this alone 

 has greatly assisted the variety to become so popular in 

 almost every part of the globe. As layers of large, rich 

 colored brown eggs they have no equal, commencing at 

 five to six months old, laying throughout the winter and 

 spring. They possess sterling qualities as a table fowl, 

 being quick growers, short on leg, long and full in breast, 

 and are ready for killing quite twenty-four to thirty days 

 before other pure breeds. Heavy clay soil has no draw- 

 backs for them, and as a general all-around fowl for the 

 cottager, fanner, or fancier, they are today unequalled. 



Hundreds of White Orpington male birds are used an- 

 nually for crossing purposes, as among a mixed lot of 

 hens, even if mongrels, the progeny grow faster, and the 

 pullets are better layers than with any other mating;, 

 therefore, as a general all-around utility fowl, they are now 

 known the world over as the finest and best. 



"As an exhibition fowl they are most popular, the 

 classes provided for them always being well filled, and the 

 average visitor to a show will remark upon their hand- 

 some appearance and symmetrical outline. Even the best 

 are not hard to breed, as, provided the birds are well bred 

 and kept growing from birth, no difficulty will be ex- 

 perienced in rearing specimens to the highest standard by 

 even amateurs or those who are practically inexperienced 

 in the raising of high class fowls." 



The above is a fair and comprehensive presentation 

 of the virtues and faults of the White Orpington from an 

 English point of view. Few American breeders of White 

 Orpingtons will file any objections to the above optimistic 

 and eulogistic opinions expressed by the son of the orig- 

 inator of these immensely popular white fowls. Neither 

 15 there any serious difference of opinion existing between 



